Why Must A Building Burn? - Maxïmo Park

Do you need a flag

To know who you are?

Did you get intentionally left behind?

There’s a curve in the road

That I intimately know

And, you know, I got caught on that curve before

Why must a building burn

Before a lesson is learned?

An unoriginal thought

I’ve often fallen short

If I could bottle the tonic of your laughter I would

A girl running at night

Clutching a rectangle of light

Still fills her lungs with the dust of a life

Why must a building burn

Before the powerful learn?

I saw a picture (I saw a picture)

Beamed right through me (Beamed right through me)

I was stunned to recognise your smiling face

A family photo (A family photo)

One of many (One of many)

I was stunned to recognise your smiling face

I was hoping for a message to tell me you were here

I was waiting for a message to tell me you were here

I was hoping for a message to tell me you were here

I saw a picture (I saw a picture)

On my telly (On my telly)

I was stunned to recognise your smiling face

It was you

It was you

It was you all along